Blanford vs Newport

A side-by-side comparison of Blanford and Newport: population, income, housing, and more.

Blanford and Newport are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Newport has the higher population (283 vs 154 in Blanford). Since 2019, Newport's population has grown faster (-24.5% vs -31.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Blanford	Newport
Population	154	283
Median age	15.3 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,667
Median home value	—	$58,800
Median gross rent	—	$569
Housing units	38	189
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanford	Newport
Population	226 → 154 (-31.9%)	375 → 283 (-24.5%)
Median household income	$56,375 → $31,141 (-44.8%)	$48,393 → $46,667 (-3.6%)
Median home value	$48,000 → $34,000 (-29.2%)	$54,100 → $58,800 (+8.7%)

Blanford

Population

226154

Median household income

$56,375$31,141

Median home value

$48,000$34,000

Newport

Population

375283

Median household income

$48,393$46,667

Median home value

$54,100$58,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanford	Newport
Under 5	10.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	47.4%	11.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	21.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.8%
75 and over	0.0%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanford	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanford	Newport
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	20.0%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	67.7%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanford	Newport
Drove alone	63.5%	88.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanford	Newport
1-unit, detached	34.2%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	65.8%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Blanford	Newport
Poverty rate	41.6%	9.5%
Average household size	4.05	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	—	1946